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How to Help a Child with a High Temperature
An elevated temperature can be a symptom of many diseases. By far the most common cause of elevated temperature in children are infections. Learn how to help a child with a high temperature.
What is An Elevated Temperature
Normal body temperature is measured under his arm (axillary ) is up to 37 degrees. When measured by the rectal, the upper limit of body temperature is for half a degree higher 37.5. When the body temperature is up to 38 degrees, it is not considered to be high, so that children with a temperature of 37.5 to 38 are called sub-febrile. When a child is over 38 degrees, it is the “right” elevated temperature and when over 39 we can say that this is a very high temperature.
What Causes High Temperature
The high temperature is almost always a sign of a disease or disorder, but infections are the most common cause of elevated temperature. When most of the virus enter the children’s, initiate a defensive reaction of the immune system. In response on that fight, child gets a fever. There are other causes, sometimes they are harmless, but sometimes they are very dangerous disease can cause temperature.
How You Can Help Your Child
Although there is a good selection of medicines to bring down temperatures, do not forget cooling as fast, easy and logical way to reduce body temperature. If you are at home, remove the excess of wardrobe from your child. Do not cover the child. Wrapping are increasing the child’s temperature and further increases the risk of complications.
When it comes to a very low temperature – over 39-39,5 degrees best “weapon” for temperature is showering the child with lukewarm water. One should avoid cold water, which can be very unpleasant for the child who “burns”.
Proper cooling of the child is necessary, efficient, but short-lived. Therefore, it is necessary to apply medication to lower the temperature. On the pharmaceutical market are several remedies that are suitable for shooting down high temperature in children, and are commonly used: paracetamol and ibuprofen.
Paracetamol and ibuprofen do not cause dangerous reactions. If the child does not respond to paracetamol, should try to give him ibuprofen and vice versa. Do not give both drugs at the same time (except in rare exceptions). The medication dose recommended by a pediatrician.
In periods of high temperature the child loses large amounts of body fluids through sweating, evaporation, and rapid breathing. It is therefore of big importance to give water to a child.
There are situations that require quick intervention from medical doctors. When a fever appears, parents do not have adequate medicines the first time happens. Fevers look very dramatic, but most children have a good prognosis, provided that it is checked by a doctor as soon as possible. It is okay to leave a child on their side while you transport them. Do not pull tongue. You should know that the vast majority of children does not move from the position you set them in.
If the child does not show no sign of improvement after 20 minutes, you should quickly take the child to a doctor or call an ambulance.
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